Civil Disorder Is the Disease of Ibadan: Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City

by Ruth Watson

Book Overview

Civil Disorder Is the Disease of the Ibadan is a study of chieftaincy and political culture in Ibadan, the most populous city in Britain's largest West African colony, Nigeria. Examining the period between 1829 and 1939, it shows how and why the processes through which Ibadan was made into a civic community shifted from the battlefield to a discursive field.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821414518
• ISBN13: 9780821414514
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"